Baroque and Classical Periods Arguably‚ two of the best musical periods in music history are the Baroque and Classical Periods. Most well-known composers worldwide lived and composed in these periods. A good example of a Baroque compositor is Johann Sebastian Bach‚ a very well-known German composer. From the Classical Period‚ Mozart is arguably the most well-known composer. The Baroque period lasted from about 1600-1750. The Baroque was a revolutionary time for music but also to visual arts‚ architecture
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Bach is not only famous in the history of music‚ but especially as the figure-head of the Baroque style. He was brought up a Lutheran and later served his role as a professional musician in worship. Bach came from a family of musicians‚ stretching back several generations. He had a deep-rooted faith that allowed him to communicate a meaningful spiritual
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creativity‚ and style as Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach was a German organist and composer of the Baroque era. Bach revealed his feelings and his insights in his pieces. Bach ’s mastery of all the major forms of baroque music (except opera) resulted not only from his genius talent‚ but also from his life long quest for knowledge. In some parts of Germany‚ the name‚ "Bach" became a synonymous with the word‚ "musician." Extremely talented in the art of Baroque composition‚ Bach placed his heart‚ soul‚
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Although this was not all too similar to that of the Greeks‚ it helped create a new style that would last through the ages to what we know today as Opera. The Baroque period was marked today as the achievements of the two most known composers Johann Sebastian Bach and George Friederick Handel‚ but they were not the only composers of the Baroque period. Antonio Vivaldi was a composer during this period‚ manly known for his concertos “Four Seasons”‚ “Opus 3”‚ and his many student exercises. Antonio did
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(1683–1764)‚ whose very first printed piece (1706) was in this form. The last unmeasured preludes for harpsichord date from the 1710s. The development of the prelude in 17th century Germany led to a sectional form similar to keyboard toccatas by Johann Jakob Froberger or Girolamo Frescobaldi. Preludes by northern German composers such as Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637–1707) and Nikolaus Bruhns (c.1665–1697) combined sections of free improvised passages with parts in strict contrapuntal writing (usually
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returned to Berlin‚ Abraham put into effect a systematic plan of education for his children. Under this plan‚ Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse (father of poet and short story writer Paul Heyse) taught the children general subjects and classical languages; Johann Gottlob Samuel Rosel taught drawing; Ludwig Berger taught piano; Carl Wilhelm Henning taught violin; and Carl Zelter gave lessons in musical theory and composition. The children were up at 5 A.M. and began their lessons right after breakfast. Abraham
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concerto was the model for many composers throughout the 19th century‚ the keyboard concerto was said to have originated in the family of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach’s greatest contributions to the concerto are his six Brandenburg concertos. Although he primarily wrote these for chamber and orchestral instruments‚ it was not until the fifth Brandenburg concerto that Bach chose to raise the status of the harpsichord from continuo part to principal soloist‚ which in essence became the first keyboard concerto
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Johann Pachelbel was baptized in Nuremberg‚ Germany September 1‚ 1653. Pachelbel moved to Vienna in 1671 where he became the deputy organist at the Imperial Chapel (http://jan.ucc.nau.edu). In 1678 Pachelbel moved to Erfurt‚ where he taught Johann Christoph Bach‚ the older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach. In 1690 Pachelbel became court organist at Stuggart. Pachelbel’s first wife‚ Barbara Gabler‚ and son died in the plague of 1683 (http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com). Pachelbel married his second wife
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Baroque Period there were several well-known composers that made an impact on music as a whole along with adding their own personal flare. Johann Sebastian Bach was one of these composers and he is known for compositions such Toccata & Fugue D Minor (Baroque‚ 2012). During the Baroque era Fugue became a very popular and celebrated style of music and Bach loved to create fugues. During the Baroque Era fugues became central to compositions and demonstrated the technical prowess of the composer
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Defining the Humanities Paper University of Phoenix Introduction to Humanities - The Ancient World to Medieval Times HUM/100 Isabelle Rucks November 15‚ 2010 Defining the Humanities Paper Introduction The purpose of this paper is to define the humanities and explain how the humanities differ from other forms of human expression and inquiry. The author of the paper will describe a cultural event that she has experienced or encountered and explain how this cultural event expressed
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